Best U.S. History Books (1754-1828)

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This list seeks to compile the best books on U.S. history for the Revolutionary era through the end of the period of the early republic, which is defined as encompassing the time period from the French and Indian War through the end of the John Quincy Adams administration. Such books can be biographies, general histories, or subject specific histories.
1
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
di Robert Middlekauff
1,699 utenti
20 recensioni
4
3 Members
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2
Alexander Hamilton
di Ron Chernow
8,051 utenti
161 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
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3
Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800
di Mary Beth Norton
306 utenti
1 recensione
4
3 Members
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4
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
di Joseph J. Ellis
6,787 utenti
77 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
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5
John Adams
di David McCullough
13,698 utenti
199 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
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6
1776
di David McCullough
13,175 utenti
245 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
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7
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
di John Ferling
704 utenti
7 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
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8
Washington: A Life
di Ron Chernow
3,085 utenti
83 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
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9
Undaunted Courage
di Stephen E. Ambrose
7,502 utenti
78 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
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10
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
di Jon Meacham
2,470 utenti
75 recensioni
4
2 Members
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11
His Excellency: George Washington
di Joseph J. Ellis
3,817 utenti
59 recensioni
4
2 Members
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12
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
di Ian W. Toll
1,033 utenti
25 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
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13
Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800
di John Ferling
738 utenti
14 recensioni
4
2 Members
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14
The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution
di Edmund S. Morgan
200 utenti
2 recensioni
4
2 Members
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15
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
di Joseph J. Ellis
477 utenti
6 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
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16
Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence
di Carol Berkin
382 utenti
8 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
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17
Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
di Fred Anderson
1,145 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
di Bernard Bailyn
1,298 utenti
18 recensioni
4.2
Member
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19
The American Pagent: Volume 1: To 1877
di Thomas A. Bailey
70 utenti
3.9
Member
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20
George Washington: A Biography (7 volumes)
di Douglas Southall Freeman
68 utenti
½ 4.7
Member
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21
Winter Friends: Women Growing Old in the New Republic, 1785-1835
di Terri L. Premo
9 utenti
Member
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22
Washington's Crossing
di David Hackett Fischer
1,825 utenti
22 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
AnnaClaire
23
The Anti-Federalists: Critics of the Constitution 1781-1788
di Jackson Turner Main
136 utenti
½ 3.6
Member
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25
Tom Paine and Revolutionary America
di Eric Foner
238 utenti
1 recensione
4
Member
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27
The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon
di John Ferling
335 utenti
27 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
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28
The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence
di T. H. Breen
293 utenti
2 recensioni
3.9
Member
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29
American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795
di Edward J. Larson
50 utenti
1 recensione
½ 4.3
Member
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30
Paul Revere's Ride
di David Hackett Fischer
1,121 utenti
19 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
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31
The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828
di Saul Cornell
146 utenti
1 recensione
4.1
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32
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
di Joseph J. Ellis
2,804 utenti
35 recensioni
4
Member
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33
The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy
di Thomas K. McCraw
108 utenti
3 recensioni
3.9
Member
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34
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
di Gordon S. Wood
1,303 utenti
12 recensioni
4.2
Member
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35
A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence
di John Shy
115 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
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36
John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
di R. Kent Newmyer
70 utenti
4
Member
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37
In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820
di David Waldstreicher
105 utenti
½ 3.6
Member
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38
The Lion and the Union: The Anglo-American War 1812-15
di Kate Caffrey
18 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
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39
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
di Gordon S. Wood
1,671 utenti
23 recensioni
4
Member
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40
Franklin
di Carl Van Doren
613 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
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42
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
di Gordon S. Wood
929 utenti
2 recensioni
4.2
Member
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43
Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington
di Peter R. Henriques
67 utenti
1 recensione
4
Member
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44
American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
di Pauline Maier
776 utenti
10 recensioni
4
Member
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45
Alexander Hamilton: American
di Richard Brookhiser
608 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
46
John Adams and the American Revolution
di Catherine Drinker Bowen
423 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
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47
The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788-1800
di Stanley Elkins
426 utenti
5 recensioni
4.2
Member
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48
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
di Lynne Withey
734 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
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49
In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson
di Noble E. Cunningham, Jr.
404 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
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50
Generous Enemies: Patriots and Loyalists in Revolutionary New York
di Judith L. Van Buskirk
44 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.5
Member
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51
A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution
di Carol Berkin
426 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
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52
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
di Nancy Isenberg
636 utenti
13 recensioni
3.8
Member
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53
Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America
di Linda K. Kerber
299 utenti
2 recensioni
4
Member
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56
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
di Joseph J. Ellis
1,717 utenti
29 recensioni
3.9
Member
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57
The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution
di Thomas P. Slaughter
245 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
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58
A Revolutionary People At War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783
di Charles Royster
206 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.5
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59
The Awakening of American Nationalism, 1815-1828
di George Dangerfield
170 utenti
1 recensione
3
Member
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60
The Elusive Republic: Political Economy in Jeffersonian America
di Drew R. McCoy
214 utenti
4
Member
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62
The founding of a nation; a history of the American Revolution, 1763-1776
di Merrill Jensen
79 utenti
1 recensione
4.1
Member
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64
Crisis in Freedom: The Alien and Sedition Acts
di John Chester Miller
51 utenti
4
Member
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65
Fries's Rebellion: The Enduring Struggle for the American Revolution
di Paul Douglas Newman
37 utenti
1 recensione
3.8
Member
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66
Between Authority and Liberty: State Constitution-making in Revolutionary America
di Marc W. Kruman
24 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
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67
The Power of the Purse: A History of American Public Finance, 1776-1790
di E. James Ferguson
30 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
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68
Jay's treaty; a study in commerce and diplomacy
di Samuel Flagg Bemis
16 utenti
2
Member
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69
The Bonds of Wickedness: American Evangelicals against Slavery, 1770-1808
di James D. Essig
3 utenti
3
Member
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70
A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837
di Paul E. Johnson
431 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
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71
A Spirited Resistance: The North American Indian Struggle for Unity, 1745-1815
di Gregory Evans Dowd
179 utenti
2 recensioni
3.8
Member
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72
The American Revolution in Indian Country : Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities
di Colin G. Calloway
259 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
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74
Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776
di Carl Bridenbaugh
75 utenti
Member
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76
The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution
di Sidney Kaplan
60 utenti
Member
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77
The Urban Crucible: The Northern Seaports and the Origins of the American Revolution
di Gary B. Nash
206 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 3.7
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78
The King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776
di Brendan McConville
137 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.6
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79
Pamphlets of the American Revolution, 1750-1776
di Bernard Bailyn
19 utenti
3
Member
eromsted
80
The American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism
di Alfred F. Young
78 utenti
3
Member
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81
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
di Walter Isaacson
5,456 utenti
83 recensioni
4
82
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States
di Founding Fathers
1,908 utenti
14 recensioni
½ 4.5
84
Thomas Jefferson : An Intimate History
di Fawn McKay Brodie
1,145 utenti
10 recensioni
3.8
85
Washington: The Indispensable Man
di James Thomas Flexner
1,063 utenti
9 recensioni
4.1
86
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different
di Gordon S. Wood
1,048 utenti
23 recensioni
3.9
87
The American Revolution: A History
di Gordon S. Wood
956 utenti
11 recensioni
½ 3.7
88
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
di Stacy Schiff
813 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.7
89
First Family: Abigail and John Adams
di Joseph J. Ellis
763 utenti
13 recensioni
4.1
90
Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington
di Richard Brookhiser
705 utenti
8 recensioni
3.8
91
1812: The War That Forged a Nation
di Walter R. Borneman
691 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.7
92
L' invenzione degli Stati Uniti: i padri: Washington, Adams, Jefferson
di Gore Vidal
657 utenti
15 recensioni
½ 3.4
93
The American Heritage Book of The Revolution
di Bruce Lancaster
639 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.7
94
Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788
di Pauline Maier
570 utenti
5 recensioni
4.1
95
John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography
di Samuel Eliot Morison
565 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 3.6
96
History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson
di Henry Adams
554 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 4.6
97
The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War
di Fred Anderson
541 utenti
13 recensioni
3.8
98
The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
di Alan Taylor
502 utenti
8 recensioni
3.9
99
To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders
di Bernard Bailyn
502 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.5
100
Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution
di Benson Bobrick
488 utenti
3 recensioni
4.1